Recent Lab News

Hawe and Guy's project is titled "Data-driven Metrics for Upper-Limb Motor Assessment in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders".

Dr. Hawe presented on the topic of cerebral palsy and cerebral visual impairment, specifically how to distinguish motor and visual impairments.

Rachel Hawe's grant is entitled "Video-based analysis of bilateral arm use in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy".

Burgardt has been a member of the lab since January 2023 and has been integral to designing robotic tasks that measure different aspects of bilateral coordination.

Members of the NeuroRehabilitation Across the Lifespan (NeuRAL) Laboratory, led by Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology, presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine in Chicago, IL.

Dr. Rachel Hawe and other NeuRAL lab members obtained data from nearly 200 participants at local fairs.

Dr. Rachel Hawe and Ryan Burgardt, undergraduate research assistant, presented at the Clinical Motor Control meeting in Chicago.

On April 19, twenty high school students from Minnetonka High School visited the NeuroRehabilitation Across the Lifespan (NeuRAL) Laboratory to learn about how technology can be used to study neurologic impairments.

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the NeuroRehabilitation Across the Lifespan (NeuRAL) Laboratory, and Viola Winter and Qiying Huang, two doctoral students from the Human Sensorimotor Control Lab (HSCL) presented their research on the use of robotic devices for neurorehabilitation at the Design of Medical Devices Conference.

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the NeuroRehabilitation Across the Lifespan (NeuRAL) Laboratory, presented work from the NeuRAL lab in a talk entitled "Visual Strategies in Motor Planning and Execution in Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy" at the annual meeting of the American Society of Neurorehabilitation in Charleston, SC.

Jagar Hansen received research support through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP).

Rachel Hawe, Jed Elison (ICD), and Emmanual Bonney (ICD) have been awarded CEHD Jump Start funding for their project "A Novel Approach to Precision Characterization of Motor Function in Autism".

The School of Kinesiology congratulates professor Rachel Hawe, DPT, PhD, on her appointment as a 2023-25 McKnight Land-Grant Professor.

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the NeuRAL Lab, was recently featured in the American Society for Neurorehabilitation's (ASNR) "Career Pathways" blog describing her career path encompassing engineering, physical therapy, and neuroscience.

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the NeuRAL Lab, received a Grant-In-Aid of Research, Artistry, and Scholarship for her proposal entitled "Identifying Impairments in Bilateral Coordination and Neural Correlates in Individuals Post-Stroke."

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the NeuRAL Lab, and Ally Richardson, masters student, presented a poster entitled "Examining the role of vision in upper extremity movements in typically developing children" at the Society for Neuroscience Conferences in San Diego, CA.

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the NeuRAL Lab, traveled to Penn State University last week to give two invited talks.

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the NeuRAL Lab, recently co-authored an article that was published in the journal Neurology entitled "Observational Study of Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Severe Upper Limb Impairment After Stroke."

Rachel Hawe, PhD, was invited to give virtual talks at the University of Southern California's Neurorehabilitation Seminar Series and University of Florida's Neuromechanics Seminar Series in April.

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology, was an invited speaker (remotely) for the Virginia Tech - Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series on January 21.